Italian lawmakers on Friday backed a non-binding resolution that encourages the government to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that underlines European frustration over stalled Middle East peace negotiations. European countries have become increasingly critical of Israel, which since the collapse of the latest U.S.-sponsored talks last April has pressed on with building settlements…
New Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in his inaugural speech to Parliament, remembered a Jewish boy killed in a terrorist attack . Mattarella, who was elected Sunday by the parliament, in his first speech before parliament Tuesday during his inauguration, remembered Stefano Gaj Tache, a 2-year-old Jewish boy killed in an attack on the Great Synagogue…
Sergio Mattarella, the new president of Italy, at a visit to the site of a Nazi massacre called for international unity in the fight against terrorism. On Sunday, a day after he was elected by the Italian Parliament, Mattarella made his remarks at the Ardeatine Caves, where German occupation troops killed 335 people in March…
After the Paris terror attacks, Jews in Europe are taking stock of where they stand. Here’s 6 voices of hope and fear from a continent on edge. ‘One Common Enemy Unites Them: Us Jews’ By Charlotte Knobloch The attacks in Paris have filled us all with tremendous shock and sadness. In the past few months…
When Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters were attacked, we spent hour after hour listening to the news, checking the Internet, calling our loved ones to share our feelings and sense of loss for the disconcerting assault to two of the most crucial European values: the sanctity of life and the freedom of expression. In Italy, the situation…
The Jewish community in Trieste is protesting a suggestion by an official in the Italian municipality to charge an entry fee to a former concentration camp there. Mauro Tabor, a representative from Trieste on the national board of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, said Tuesday that he would meet with the mayor and the…
A far-right rally and concert went ahead in Milan despite protests by the Milan Jewish community and other groups. But reports said the event Saturday drew far fewer people than anticipated. No incidents were reported. The Italian media said about 300 skinheads and other far-right militants attended Hammerfest 2014, held in a privately owned outbuilding…
Margherita Sarfatti, Photograph via Wikicommons (Haaretz) On November 14, 1938, shortly after the Italian Racial Laws were passed, Margherita Sarfatti slipped out of her home near Lake Como, got into her car and asked her chauffeur to drive her to the nearby Swiss border. Among the few belongings the Jewish socialite and art critic had…
